Big Brands Downsizing to 3m x 2m build

[BigBrand]

So...

Started cutting the steels for the legs / base. These are 3'x3'x1/4.. its all in american money as this machine is from the states originally i believe (roughly 78x78x6mm in figures that mean things).



Then some of the biggest feet i could find. These are 180mm dia and rated to 3tn apparently on a m20 thread. I cut them down and installed them in a nut welded to the bottom of the base legs.



The bed for the machine will be welded together but i wanted to be careful where i applied heat. I've bought some pretty chunky steels for the main rails 200 x 150 x 8mm. Theres about 200kgs in each piece certainly wouldnt want to drop them on your toes. They were pretty straight but i didnt want to risk turning them into an expensive heavy banana so i thought it would be best to bolt them down to the base structure. I made some brackets and bolted them on with m20 bolts.



Here they are bolted down and everything leveled up as much as possible.



That was a couple of weeks ago. Today i got onto cutting the cross members for the bed and tacking and welding those in. These are 5x3x1/4 and are spaced roughly 600mm apart. Hopefully this will give enough support to the router bed.

With 6 pieces each with 4 joints i have 24 opportunities to practise my uphill welding technique...